“I am very excited to be joining CDS. The company is perfectly positioned to provide the technology and operational expertise required to support repairers, the insurance industry and the customers they both serve.” Young said in a statement. “The complex operating systems running today’s vehicles are only going to get more and more sophisticated. CDS can help. By providing master tech expertise and OEM diagnostic tools on-demand, CDS can ensure repairs are done correctly, the first time. CDS has assembled a very talented team of people who are already diligently working to properly diagnose and resolve service issues for all makes of damaged vehicles, I can’t wait to get started.”

Collision Diagnostic Services makes the asTech line of remote diagnostic tools, which connect a vehicle anywhere in the country (with Internet access) to CDS’ OEM scan technology and “certified master technicians.”

Dash lights often don’t tell the whole story, as I-CAR has observed. (Which kind of makes you wonder why the OEMs don’t just show all the DTCs on the increasingly common infotainment screens.)

Young spent about 20 years at Allstate before joining CARSTAR in 2003, working his way up from claims adjustor to property services manager. At CARSTAR, he worked his way up from assistant vice president to senior vice president of insurance relations. In 2014, the National Auto Body Council tapped him to complete the rest of LKQ insurer account manager Mark Lovell’s two-year term.

“Dan is a well-respected colleague in both the collision repair and insurance space,” CDS CEO Doug Kelly said in a statement, also calling the company “excited” by the hire. “He spent years building, leading and facilitating teams which produced superior results for both the collision shop owner and the carriers.”